EDITORIALS:

Peter Calverley

Are Inhaled Corticosteroids Systemic Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 721-722 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ron Grunstein

Snoring and Passive Smoking: A Counterblaste?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 722-723 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald Massaro and Gloria DeCarlo Massaro

Hunger Disease and Pulmonary Alveoli

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 723-724 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Tricia M. McKeever and John Britton

Diet and Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 725-729. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-611PP [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Zaher S. Azzam, Yochai Adir, Astrid Crespo, Alejandro Comellas, Emilia Lecuona, Laura A. Dada, Norberto Krivoy, David H. Rutschman, Jacob I. Sznajder, and Karen M. Ridge

Norepinephrine Increases Alveolar Fluid Reabsorption and Na,K-ATPase Activity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 730-736. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1127OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Arthur F. Gelb, Colleen Flynn Taylor, Eliezer Nussbaum, Carlos Gutierrez, Aaron Schein, Chris M. Shinar, Mark J. Schein, Joel D. Epstein, and Noe Zamel

Alveolar and Airway Sites of Nitric Oxide Inflammation in Treated Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 737-741. First published online June 30 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-408OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lena Uller, Morgan Andersson, Lennart Greiff, Carl G. A. Persson, and Jonas S. Erjefält

Occurrence of Apoptosis, Secondary Necrosis, and Cytolysis in Eosinophilic Nasal Polyps

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 742-747. First published online June 30 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-240OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Harvey O. Coxson, Ida H. T. Chan, John R. Mayo, Julia Hlynsky, Yasutaka Nakano, and C. Laird Birmingham

Early Emphysema in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 748-752. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-651OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I. Lewis, Mario Fournier, Xiaoyu Da, Hongmei Li, Zab Mosenifar, Robert J. McKenna, Jr, and Arthur H. Cohen

Short-term Influences of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on the Diaphragm in Emphysematous Hamsters

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 753-759. First published online June 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-181OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Don D. Sin, Paige Lacy, Ernest York, and S. F. Paul Man

Effects of Fluticasone on Systemic Markers of Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 760-765. First published online June 30 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-543OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Critical Care:

Lorraine B. Ware, Mark D. Eisner, B. Taylor Thompson, Polly E. Parsons, and Michael A. Matthay

Significance of Von Willebrand Factor in Septic and Nonseptic Patients with Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 766-772. First published online June 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1434OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease:

Marc B. Schenker, Maria Stoecklin, Kiyoung Lee, Rafael Lupercio, R. Jorge Zeballos, Paul Enright, Tamara Hennessy, and Laurel A. Beckett

Pulmonary Function and Exercise-associated Changes with Chronic Low-Level Paraquat Exposure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 773-779. First published online June 30 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-266OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Junko Okazaki, Shiroh Isono, Hisaya Hasegawa, Miho Sakai, Yuzo Nagase, and Takashi Nishino

Quantitative Assessment of Tracheal Collapsibility in Infants with Tracheomalacia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 780-785. First published online July 8 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1691OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Pulmonary Infections:

Alain Combes, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Jean-Yves Fagon, Michel Wollf, Jean-Louis Trouillet, Claude Gibert, and Jean Chastre

Impact of Methicillin Resistance on Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 786-792. First published online July 8 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-346OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Theodore K. Marras, Alison Morris, Leah C. Gonzalez, and Charles L. Daley

Mortality Prediction in Pulmonary Mycobacterium Kansasii Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 793-798. First published online June 23 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-162OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Sleep and Control of Breathing:

Karl A. Franklin, Thórarinn Gíslason, Ernst Omenaas, Rain Jõgi, Erik Juel Jensen, Eva Lindberg, Maria Gunnbjörnsdóttir, Lennarth Nyström, Birger N. Laerum, Eythor Björnsson, Kjell Torén, and Christer Janson

The Influence of Active and Passive Smoking on Habitual Snoring

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 799-803. First published online July 8 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-474OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiyuki Ogasa, Andrew D. Ray, Charles P. Michlin, Gaspar A. Farkas, Brydon J. B. Grant, and Ulysses J. Magalang

Systemic Administration of Serotonin 2A/2C Agonist Improves Upper Airway Stability in Zucker Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 804-810. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1674OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CASE REPORTS:

Hervé Mal, Christophe Guignabert, Gabriel Thabut, Marie Pia d'Ortho, Olivier Brugière, Gaëlle Dauriat, Rolana Marrash-Chahla, Anne-Sophie Rangheard, Guy Lesèche, and Michel Fournier

Recurrence of Pulmonary Emphysema in an -1 Proteinase Inhibitor-deficient Lung Transplant Recipient

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 811-814. First published online June 7 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1726CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NHLBI/ORD WORKSHOP:

William B. Guggino and Susan P. Banks-Schlegel

Macromolecular Interactions and Ion Transport in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 815-820 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Keertan Dheda, Margaret A. Johnson, Alimuddin Zumla, and Graham A. Rook

Smoking is Not Beneficial for Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 821 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa A. Maier

Smoking is Not Beneficial for Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 821 [Full Text]  

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